Poesia

The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Poet Laureate

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1902 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.85 | $151.93 | ¥24,261)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1902. Leather. The collected works of the Poet Laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson in a beautiful full tree calf prize binding. In a full tree calf prize binding from 'Dulwich College' with the school's gilt crest to the front. Raised bands a...

High and Low, a Nip in the Air, & Uncollected Poems

John Betjeman · 1966 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.47 | ¥20,675)

London, John Murray, 1966-1982. First edition. Cloth. A very smart collection of first edition copies of John Betjeman's poetry, with original dust wrappers. Three volumes. First editions. Written by Sir John Betjeman, an English writer, poet, and broadcaster who was poet...

Roderick, the Last of the Goths: A Tragic Poem

Robert Southey · 1815 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815. Leather. A two-volume set of Poet Laureate Robert Southey's epic poem, Roderick the Last of the Goths. The second edition of this two-volume work in half calf bindings. Bookplate to the front paste down of Volume I. Rob...

Monsieur Nongtongpaw

[Mary Shelley] · 1830 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.67 | $1,314.53 | ¥209,914)

London, Alfred Miller, 1830. Paperback. The first illustrated edition of this anonymously penned poem, thought to be written by a young Mary Shelley. The scarce first illustrated edition.Illustrated with an engraved title, and six plates, by Robert Cruikshank. Four pages of a...

Halfway House: A Miscellany of New Poems

Edmund Blunden · 1932 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,439)

London, Cobden-Sanderson, 1932. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this collection of poetry from Blunden. First edition. A collection of poetry from English poet, author, and critic, Edmund Blunden. A friend of Siegfried Sassoon, he often wrote of his experiences ...

The New Suffolk Garland

John Glyde · 1866 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.69 | ¥16,878)

London, Simpkin, Marshall and Co. 1866 . First edition. Leather. A first edition of this compilation of anecdotes, romantic ballads, poems and historical notices relating to Suffolk, written by John Glyde. First edition, in half morocco binding with cloth boards. This work is ...

1903 the Centaur&Apos;S Booty by T. Stugre Moore

T. Sturge Moore · 1903 · Rooke Books

£42.00 (€50.34 | $55.49 | ¥8,861)

London , Duckworth and Co , 1903. First edition. Paperback. A collection of satirical poetry by T. Sturge Moore. The first edition. The work follows a centaur through his quest to find treasure. Throughout his journey Pholis has to understand and come to terms with his surroun...

The Poetical Works of Robert Browning

Robert Browning · 1906 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.54 | ¥25,316)

London, Smith, Elder, & Co. 1906. Leather. A smart two volume set of the poetical works of Robert Browning, with portraits. Complete in two volumes. Each volume is illustrated with a portrait frontispiece. Collated complete. The poetical works of Robert Browning, an English po...

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart.

Sir Walter Scott, Bart. · 1883 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1883. Leather. A beautifully bound illustrated copy of this collection of poetry by Sir Walter Scott. Bound in full Morocco with gilt decorations, edges and lettering. Marbled end papers and raised bands.Frontispiece portrait of Sir Walter Sc...

Dartmoor: A Descriptive Poem

N. T. Carrington · 1826 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.35 | ¥28,481)

London, Hatchard and Son; R. Williams, 1826 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of N.T. Carrington's illustrated poem about his native Dartmoor. The first edition of this work from English schoolmaster and poet Nicholas Toms Carrington.Illustrated with twelve eng...

Late Lyrics and Earlier, with Many Other Verses

Thomas Hardy · 1922 · Rooke Books

£57.00 (€68.32 | $75.30 | ¥12,025)

London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1922. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this anthology of lyric poetry by the notable author Thomas Hardy. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with pictorial gilt to the front board. Sm...

Deportmental Ditties and Other Verses

Harry Graham · 1925 · Rooke Books

£33.00 (€39.56 | $43.60 | ¥6,962)

London, Mills & Boon, Limited, 1925. Cloth. A bright and uncommon copy of this illustrated anthology of humorous verse by Harry Graham. The seventh edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front free end paper, dated ...

The "Original Poems" and Others

Ann Taylor; Jane Taylor; Adelaide O'Keeffe; E. V. Lucas · 0 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.51 | ¥20,042)

London, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co, c1903. Cloth. An illustrated anthology of the poetry of Ann Taylor, Jane Taylor, and Adelaide O'Keeffe, a charming collection of their works for children. The collected poetical works of sisters Ann and Jane Taylor, and Adelaide O'...

Englands Parnassus; or, the Choysest Flowers of Our Moderne Poets: With Their Poeticall Comparisons. Descriptions of Bewties, Personages, Castles, Pallaces, Mountaines, Groves, Seas, Springs, Rivers, &C. Whereunto Are Annexed Other Various Discourses, Both Pleasaunt and Profitable

[Robert Allott]; Various · 1814 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.62 | ¥41,139)

London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814. Cloth. A very scarce privately printed edition of this anthology of Tudor poetry, a work notable when first published due to its inclusion of Shakespeare's poetry. A very scarce work.Privately printed.A 1814 reprint of ...

The Poetical Works of Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount, Lyon King of Arms

Sir David Lyndsay · 1871 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Edinburgh, William Paterson, 1871 . Cloth. A smart two volume edition of the poetry of the Scottish herald Sir David Lyndsay. Working as usher to the future King James V of Scotland in his youth, David Lyndsay lived in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, eventually attainin...

Works by Galt, Burns, Collins, Peacock, Coleridge and Wordsworth

John Galt; Robert Burns; William Collins; Thomas Love Peacock; William Wordsworth; Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1907 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,987)

London, Henry Frowde; Humphrey Milford, 1907-1925 . Cloth. A wonderful collection of early twentieth century editions of works from John Galt, Robert Burns, William Collins, Thomas Love Peacock, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Six very smart volumes of literary...

Chansons de P-J de Beranger Anciennes Et Posthumes

P-J De Beranger · 1866 · Rooke Books

£190.00 (€227.75 | $251.02 | ¥40,084)

Paris, Perrotin, 1866. Leather. A new illustrated edition of this collection of songs by Pierre-Jean de Beranger. New popular edition. A collection of ancient and posthumous songs by Pierre-Jean de Beranger. Beranger was a prolific French poet and songwriter who was very popu...

Opere Scelte

Giuseppe Baretti · 1975 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.91 | $92.48 | ¥14,768)

Turin, Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese, 1975. Cloth. Two volumes of the collected works of Giuseppe Baretti, in the Italian language. Italian language. Two volumes. Originally published 1972, reprinted in 1975. Volume one is illustrated with nine plates, volume two is ill...

Lifting Off at Sunset and Other Poems

Lionel Brett · 1986 · Rooke Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,329)

Not Stated , Lionel Brett, 1986. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A signed limited edition copy of this collection of poems by Lionel Brett. A limited edition copy. Only 150 copies were printed with this being number 49. Signed by the author to the title page and editions pa...

Brother Peter to Brother Tom. An Expostulatory Epistle.

Peter Pindar · 1788 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,713)

London, G. Kearsley, 1788. First edition. Disbound. A first edition of John Walcot's satirical poem. A first edition of John Walcot's satirical poem staged as a conversation between brothers Peter and Tom. John Walcot was an English satirist who wrote under the pseud...